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Dennisby Doug J Robbins
A living doll babysits a baby and protects it during a burglary.
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Torch Of Horror; The Muse In The Moonlightby James Massaro
The devil within is in the house of mirrors....
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Avaby Bill Wyza
After receiving a phone call from her future self, a failing screenwriter must perform an unthinkable task to achieve fame or risk paying the ultimate price.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trajan's Dilemmaby Jonathan Fear
A General persuades the Roman Emperor that the moral cost of sacrificing justice to preserve his legacy is worth unleashing a violent beast of the field.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Guantanamo Galaby Robert Ingraham
After Musk's DOGE team's preps the opening of the prisonadding efficiencies to the electric chair to reduce personnelTrump invites his bff billionaires down for a grand opening celebration. The party is held in the only room with electricitythe one with the electric chair.
What happens next is... well, electrifying.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Maggieby RJ Daniels
A lovelorn young man has a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger who encourages him to take a risk that may transcend time itself.
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Malathor's Wellby Erik Shein
In the quiet town of Willow Creek, eight-year-old Emily Porter discovers an ancient, cursed well hidden deep in the woods. When her innocent wish for happiness unleashes a malevolent force, her family must confront the horrifying price of their dreamsor risk being consumed by the darkness forever.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Noble Deceptionby Chris Burns
Charles Noble, a callous man, reluctantly allows an employee to tend to his ailing wife. However, a scheme unfolds that leads to a fatal encounter at a supermarket, altering their lives forever.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Not for Saleby Davide Staffiero
During a business dinner at a luxury hotel, a man who will turn out to be an android dealer negotiates with a wealthy hotelier determined to replace his entire staff.
Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Brushstrokesby Kieran Baroody
Urbane woman artist envisions a fantasy party of casual strangers and interweaves their lives with hers in her paintings.
Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
S'moresby Jason K. Allen
Young Eric and Molly are having the time of their lives roasting marshmallows over the campfire. Their parents, not so much... (Horror/Comedy. One location, two actors.)
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Beauty Beholdby Steven Burton
A beautiful young woman changes her focus from outer to inner beauty after a natural disaster accident.
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tales of the Macabreby James Steele Haney
On Halloween night, a late-night radio host shares the legend of the Crimson Witch with his listeners, unintentionally summoning her once again.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Playtime Episode 2 Tea Timeby Doug J Robbins
Zoe is close to her magic Teddy Bear, and their relationship has parallels; their fights, in particular, mimic Mom and Dad's.
Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
We Need a New Refrigeratorby John Porter
An irritable middle-aged housewife is sick and tired of almost everything, and her sympathetic husband knows why.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dangerous Cargoby Jason Kirman
Two girls throw out the driver and his car at gunpoint, not suspecting the valuable cargo in the car, more than ten kilograms of drugs which was supposed to be delivered to New York to a local drug dealer. After a drug dealer in New York learns about the disappearance of his goods he personally wants to find and kill the girls.
Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Out On A Limbby Jeffrey Stackhouse
An amputee Vet has volunteered for a program that promises her hope. But the new tech has opened up more than just hope, and the creatures that can now see her have already eaten her phantom limbs and hunger for more.
Genre: Horror
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Full Marxby Barry Staff
Re-materialising today in mutual haunt Soho, London, Groucho Marx and Karl Marx find both want capitalism finally laughed into oblivion, but as they conflict over methods to use, they try to locate the one place where Karl was listened to before.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Still Waterby John Waring
A traumatized veteran retreats to a remote lakeside cabin with the woman he loves, but as his combat past resurfaces, the line between memory and reality begins to collapse.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Touchby Esra Cengel
A poor little girl tries to find a way to do a huge favor to the woman who saved her life.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cycleby Ayisha Henry
When a homebody decides to enjoy a fun night out, she must defeat an evil, biological nemesis who does everything to ruin her plans.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Distancedby Barry Staff
Wanting to transmit her hallucinatory virus worldwide (contagion bringing universal accord solving global issues), a brainiac needs to persuade two skeptical colleagues to join her endeavour.
Genre: Sci-Fi
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hellavisionby Jason K. Allen
On Halloween night, a young man decides to stay home and watch a horror movie on television. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong channel on the wrong night. (Mostly 1 actor, limited dialogue, inspired by 70's horror. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Price of Eggsby Susan Kelejian
In a lavish Houston home, a couple's carefully constructed world is shaken as they grapple with the aftermath of their son's murder, forcing them to confront their own complicity and the conservative values that may have contributed to his tragic end in a divided America.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sometimes it Stares Backby Anthony Cawood
An obsessive codebreaker solving Cicada 3301 uncovers a forgotten Mayan god's secret, risking the release of an ancient evil.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Yell'n'Tellby Roberta M Roy
Recalling how his cousin pinches him and denies doing so and having witnessed a girl being bullied, a brave five-year-old uses his wise mother's practical but inventive advice to help solve his bullying dilemma. *2024 Best Unproduced Script Brightside Tavern Film Festival; Brightside Festival; Semi Finalist 2023 Dallas Shorts Note: Yell'n'Tell also in French and Spanish - Grita y Dilo*
Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
W.I.N.N.E.R Spells Loserby Elliot Stanton
The prize for winning is the realisation of what losing is all about. Two elderly care home residents play Scrabble, but the value of their words doesn't just score points on the board.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Kitchen Tableby John W Welch
How much emotional abuse can one woman endure before the truth comes out?
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Big Treeby Paolo Galli
On a scorching summer afternoon, a homeless man finds shelter beneath a great tree and comfort in an old photograph.
With a simple yet profound gesture writing poems in exchange for coins he sows beauty in the silence of the city.
Years later, on his wedding day, a man discovers that a small note he received as a child shaped his destiny.
A tale about the power of quiet gestures and invisible legacies.
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rage Betty Page Rageby Lawrence Riggins
True-Story. Years after retiring as the world's most famous pin-up queen, zealot Bettie Page loses her battle with schizophrenia, turns sociopath, and forces non-believers to convert at knife-point. The Dark Angel hallucination of her younger self entices Bettie to exploit her dominatrix skills to hold her roommate and granddaughter hostage while preparing their ritualistic murder. Her victims survive only because two-dozen knife wounds failed to strike arteries. Bettie Page is sentenced to ten years.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Santa Soldierby David Lee Hooker
In a future where holiday magic meets military might, seasoned covert operative Santa Soldier embarks on a daring mission to rescue kidnapped children from a local Santa parade, blending festive spirit with combat prowess to reignite the true essence of Christmas
Genre: Family
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Complaint to the Powerfulby Hiabu Hassebu
After being prey to Eagles for years, the Hens complain to the Powerful to redo their fate of living and to possess flying wings so they can protect themselves from the sky strikers.
Genre: Animation
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Doctor Where?by Elliot Stanton
Ralph's doctor is running late for an appointment, leaving him regretting a rash decision.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
I Won't Takeby Hiabu Hassebu
Saba battles against herself, not to miss her childhood friend, who died of menengites.
Genre: Family
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dr. Coup De Graceby Sherrie Presson
A disgruntled husband tricks a mercy killer into killing his wife, who is recovering from plastic surgery. Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Frolic #1by Jason K. Allen
During her lunch break, an uptight business woman who's having a bad day decides to go for a frolic in a field. Unfortunately, she has never frolicked before and can't quite get the hang of it. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Love & Mayhemby STEVEN BLOWS
Battle begins when a man on a date with his new boyfriend to a paintball centre bumps into his handsome Ex in a healthy relationship with the woman he left him for.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Abortionby Doug J Robbins
Kathy heads into the clinic for an abortion and meets a woman named Mary and her adorable two-year-old son, Dylan, and rethinks whether or not she actually wants an abortion.
Genre: Artistic
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Postmanby Ange Fassinou
Victim of a murder, a postman is brought back to life by a cursed Indian Talisman who gives him the power to fight criminals.
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Antiques Sh**showby John Boal
A tart-tongued substitute host for the genteel Antiques Roadshow dishes caustic comments on the innocent guests which triggers not only a boost in the ratings, but also a goofy lad to make a sign dubbing the proceedings as the Antiques Shitshow. Yet when the host's Aunt comes by with the world's oldest vibrator, she dangles it as a hostage heirloom to make the host change her wicked ways by apologizing to her deceased mum.
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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